This cheeky fellow started off some 4-6 metres away from me, and gradually worked his way to within 1-11/2 metres of me, looking me right in the eye!! I had to zoom the 55-300mm PLM back out to 170mm to fit him into the shot!!
Very overcast day, shooting hand-held, hence the weird shutter/ISO settings (am finding the need for higher and higher shutter speeds when doing hand-held shots with the 55-300mm PLM, even with shake reduction on).




More shots from this encounter HERE.

[bertwert]

Nice shot there, it's always nice when the birds come up closer

[PJ1]

Nice shot. They are cheeky little birds, as you say. Nice to have around even though they can drive others away.

[Janse]

Very nice capture!

[Kerrowdown]

Cheeky Noisy Miner

Interesting... we don't have such things here.

[Sailor]

What a character! Great catch.

Jer

[K2 to K50]

Nice shot there, it's always nice when the birds come up closer

Yep, cetainly makes photographing, and especially focusing, a lot easer. Thanks for the comment.

Nice shot. They are cheeky little birds, as you say. Nice to have around even though they can drive others away.

Thanks PJ1 - yes, I have heard of them rousing eggs out of other birds' nests!

Very nice capture!

Thanks Janse for your compliement. And thanks for the "Like".

Interesting... we don't have such things here.

No - they are apparently not even spread across all of Australia - just all down the East Coast and Tasmania, from what I have read.

What a character! Great catch.

Jer

Thanks Jer. The little fellow did make it easy for me. And thanks for the "Like".


Thanks also to Bengan, and Kdgparnell, for your "Like".